Film-shifting mechanism



May 10 1927. 1,628,580

J. DE HAES FILM SHIFTING MECHANISM Filed Feb. 13, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l 45 6 6 Q a g k ATTORNEY 1,628 580 May 1927' J. DE HAES FILM SHIFTING MECHANISM Filed Feb. 13. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 g l 6 T IZ INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented May 10, 1927.

UNITED STATES JEROME DE HAES, O1? CHICAGO, ILLIINOI$.

FILM-SHIFTING MECHANISM.

Application filed February This invention relates to new and usefui improvements in film shifting mechanism and more particularly to a device adapted to be eppiied to various types of cameras ier autometicaliy shifting the film after an exposure has been made. The mom ohqect of my invention is the provisioi'i of a iiinu h. M mechanism wherein the film is; autoincticaiiy Siilfi'ififiti to position upon the errtire of the some whereby the unexposed one or the him Wlii he sutoineticoily a 'oositien ready for oosure.

ieet of my invent n 13 the wro- .1" 4i 1'" deuce 0.". H116 above cherecter simuitttneousiv immedia I e exposure or it him whereby the nosed portion ot the iiinx s il he bitltt ht J into alignment with the to be ex osed by e' itter plat e inn has been positioned u the ce uere iiret exposure on the iihn y he reediiy moved into position hei ore L16 exposure opening and the remeining ex.- posure porti oi the iihn ere intermit tentiy moved into exposing position through the operetion of the shutter piste whereby 1 each. portion. of the film to be exposed will he brought into alignment directiy afiter clgieexposure of the preceding portion of the With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully set forth point-ed out in the claims and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a camera the front part of the casing being removed,

Fig. 9 is a rear elevation with the mash plate removed,

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is an end elevation of one of the film-supporting rolls,

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of one of the rolls in position, arts .of; the same .being broken away and ustrated in cross-section,

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional, view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1

Fig. 7 is a detaii enlarged section through a portion of the device,

13, 1925. Serial lilo. 9,049.

Fig. 8 is or section of the iiimsupporting rolls, illustrating" the film in operative position and connected to both of the rolls,

Fig. 9 is e fragmentary eievetional view taken suhstentieiiy on line 9-9 of Fig. 5.

t In carry ng out my invention, i: prefer to eppiy the device whet is known as e hex type cemero eithow will he reediiy eppreeie'ted the device may he used equeliiy weii on ther o'f cemeres. the he nunierei. i" the body can i the usuoi spring (30. 6C rmto bring stop so, contact i ito. a suiteh- The type of roii ushifting meehenism the i ody of the re t' er internei r 6 end central. eh 1 upon. Whic 8 the t one vided. wit

adapted to opposed. shoulder memhere 18 cerried by one end if the sheft 7.. The 9 reto ed in engagement with the snouiders t rough the tension of the spring 8 when they are removed from the shoulders 10 the springs 11 wiil retain out of engegeinent with the sheuide 's to permit rotation. of the roli 5 through the tension of the spring 8.

In the present il1$9 11 the roll-carrying case 1% upon the interior oi the camera body 1 has one wait thereof spaced from one well of the body as shown in Figure 2, the wali of the run-carrying cese havin a transverse shaft 13 with pinione is an mounted upon each end thereof, the pinion 14 coo eratin with the internal gear 6 on the ro s used or carrying the film, The pinion 15 engages an intermediate gear 16 mounted upon a stub shaft 17 which is carried by the outer wall of the body 1. This gear 16 meshes with an upper ear 18 carried by the inner end of the stu shaft 19 which in turn is supported by the outer wall of the body 1 whereb upon movement of the lower roll mem er 5 upon which the film is to be wound, movement will be im arted to the gear 18 simultaneously wit the The shaft 19 carries a disc stop lug 21 arranged at a predetermined point upon the periphery of the disc and a plurality of stop lugs 22 are arranged in equal spaced relation at a predetermined position with respect to the lug 21, the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

As noted in Figure 2, a loaded film has been positioned within the film-carryin case 12 in the cavity provided therefor, sai roll being adapted to rotate free upon its trunnions and the ends thereof frictionally engage the side wall of the film-carrying case in order to prevent the roll from rotating at the improper time. The filmcarrying strip, as illustrated in Figure 8, has been moved to proper position so that the outer end thereof is en aged with the lowermost unloaded roll. t this point I wish it to be understood that the springs 8 are placed under tension either prior to loading the roll or prior to distribution so that the lowermost roll upon which the film is to be wound will be in position for rotative movement upon release of the pawls 9 from the shoulders 10. The shoulders 10 cooperate with the spring pressed pawls 9 in such a manner as to cause the tension of the spring 8 to retain the shoulders in contact with the pawls until the pawls are released. In placing the unloaded roll in position, as shown in Figure 2, the in-carrying internal gear 6 is arranged for engagement with the pinion 14. It will be noted that the end of the shaft 7 which carries the internal gear 6 is provided with a flattened end 7 which fits within an opening 8 in the wall of the carrying case in order to prevent the shaft 7 from turning when the unloaded roll is placed in position as shown in Figures 5 to 8, thus when the pawls 9 are released, the tension of the spring 8 will cause rotative movement of the unloaded roll relative to the shaft 7.

An operating key 23 is carried by the outer wall of the body 1 and includes a circular shaft 24. which is mounted in the wall of the body and carries a fork 25 at its inner end. The outer end of the shaft 24 carries the key 23 which in turn is provided with downturned ends as shown at 26 for engagement with the sto 27 on a cap member 28 attached to the body of the camera.

The wall of the case 12 has formed there in arcuate slots 29 arranged upon opposite sides of the center shaft 7 as shown in Figure 3 for receiving the ends of the fork mem ber 25. The disc 20 is normally retained in an inactive position by means of a pivoted catch 30 attached to a movable arm 31. As illustrated in Figure 3 the catch 30 is in engagement with the lug 21 and mounted within the body and positioned adjacent the gear end of the roll receiving the film is a rocker arm 32, one end of which is positioned adjacent one of the slots 29 while the other end thereof is normally in contact with the arm 31. Thus after the loaded and unloaded rolls have been placed in position as shown in Figure 2, in order to move the first section of the unexposed film into position, the shaft 24 is positioned inwardly, the forks 25 engaging the opposed ends of the slots 29 whereby one of the fork members will contact with one end of the rocker arm 32 and by turning the key 23 until one of the inturned ends 26 engage the stop 27, the rocker arm 32 will be actuated to release the arm 31 so that the tension of the spring 8 will disengage the catch 30 from the lug 21 which operation will also disengage the pawls 9 from the shoulders 10 due to the fact that the prongs 25 when positioned in o posite ends of the slots 29 will engage t ese pawls so as to disengage them from the shoulders 10 upon turning movement of the key 23, this operation releases the spring 8 carried by the unloaded roll, the tension of which will impart a rotative movement to the roll and move the film-carrying sheet 34 so as to wind the same upon the unloaded roll and bring the first section of the unexposed film into position for exposure.

The particular purpose of the stop 27 is that when grasping the key 23, the same may be rotated in either direction until the ends 26 thereon engage with the stop 27 and when in this position the prongs 25 are so arranged that they will engage in the proper ends of the slots 29 to permit the above operation.

In the above operation, it will be apparent that as soon as the key 23 has been turned so that the ends 26 thereof engage the stop 27, the key is quickly released from the fingers of the operator so that the tension of the spring 35 will disengage the fork 2 from the slots 29 and permit the arm 31 to return to its normal position so that the catch 30 will be in position to engage the first in order of the lugs 22, thus stopping the movement of the film in proper position so that the first unexposed section thereof will be in line for exposure. In order to limit the upward movement of the catch 30, a stop 36 is arranged in proper position whereby to prevent the end of the catch 30 from riding on the periphery of the disc 20.

In the above operation, the first unexposed section of the film has been moved into exposing position and in order to bring the other sections of the unexposed sections of the film into exposing position, a sliding bar 37 is mounted for movement beneath the shutter plate 2 and has a stop arm 38 thereon projecting upwardly in the path of the stop shoulders 4 on the plate 2 so that as soon as the first section of the film has been exposed the shoulder 4, in accordance with the direction in which the shutter plate 2 is operated will engage the arm 38 and reciprocate the bar 87 in either direction. This movement of the bar will move the cam 35),

carried by the bar, into contact with the lower end of the arm 31 and rock this arm upon its pivot 40 whereby to disengage the catch from the first one oi the series of lugs 22, it being lnidcrslood that the catch 30 is moved out of position only during the time the cam 39 passes the arm 3t. This movement is quickly accomplished due to the momentum of the shutter plate 2 so that the catch 30 is quickly moved out or engagement with the first series of lugs 22 and quickly returned into engaging position by the spring 33 so that the second one of the series o't lugs 22 will be engaged by the catch and so retain the second section oi? the unexposed film in position for exposure. The above operation is repeated until ali of the sections on the unexposed film have i the exposure position after which space between the iast one of the series the lugs 22 and the lug 21 will permit end of the iihrrcarrying strip l to be wound upon the lowermos roll, leaving the roll in position to be removed from the era,v n t present constructioi trat d the disc 20 provided with number of lugs 22 to accon having sir; exposures ti time i desire to call attention to the the ratio of the ars pinions connecting}; .e internal gear 6 with the disc 20 is such as to rotate the disc 2% siov ly that after the arm 31 has been actuated release the catch 89 "from one of the l s, it will have suliicient time to move baci into the path of the next lug and after all or the exposures have passed their exposing position the catch will be disengaged from the lattermost oi the lugs 22 and proper space is provided for between the lattermost' lug 22 and the lug 21 to permit the disc 26 to rotate suiiiciently to unwind the inner end of the film-carrying strip 34% from the loaded roll and wind the same upon the roll being loaded. It will be readily understood that the disc 20 may i 0 he so arranged as to accommodate any number of lugs 22 so that a film with 12 exposures may be used if found desirable.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that I have provided an effective device adapted to be applied to various makes of cameras whereby the film is automatically shifted through the operation of the shutter plate to move the various sections of the unex posed film into position for exposure at the proper time, thus eliminating the accidental double exposure which results in the necessity of operating the film shifting mechanism by hand. The spring 35 which detaches the fork 25 from the arcuate slots 29 is positioned between the outer wall of the cap 28 and the body of the camera, as clearly illustrated in Figure 7, so that when the shaft 24 is moved inwardly the spring is placed under tension whereby upon releasing the key 23, the spring will quickly disengage the fork 25 from the slots 29.

lVhile .l have shown and described the preferred embodiment oi my invenlion, it will be understood that various changes and alterations may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what It claim is: 1. A camera of the class described, combination with. a non-rotatable shaft fining at one end portion opposite should a film roller associated with the shaft L05. relative movement, a spring marl er operatively connecting the roller the shaft, a and a pair cooperating pawls y carried by the a adapte -or engagement with the shoe ,rs for re g said roller aga n respect to tirmember, o

spi inc shaft by actioeans inciudi lugs formed an end el e1 1 suecessn n ans operabry connectin I a rocker arm having 4 i1 adapted for engagement wiai the opposite end. portion of the movable arm, an operating member carried by the body of the camera defining portions movable into engagement with the pawls for disengaging the pawis "from the shoulders movable into engagement with the rocker arm for aging" the pecker arm to operate upon said opposite end portion of the movable member to move said catch from engagement with one of the lugs disposed adjacent the catch member, means for operating said operating member, and means operable by the shutter for operating upon said movable member to permit intermittent movement oft said disc independently of the operating member.

2. A. camera of the class described, the combination with a non-rotatable defining at one end portion opposite shoulders, a film roller associated with the shaft for relative movement, a spring member operatively connecting the roller to the shaft, a shutter, and a pair of cooperating pawls pivotally carried by the roller and adapted for engagement with the shoulders for retaining said roller against relative movement with respect to the shaft by action of the spring" member, of means for permitting intermittent movement of the roller relative to the shaft by action of said s ring member, said means including a disc having a plurality lid of lugs formed thereon, a movable arm having an end portion definin a catch adapted for engagement successively with the lugs, means operably connecting the disc to the roller, a rocker arm having an end portion adapted for engagement with the opposite end portion of the movable arm, an operat ing member carried by the body of the camera and defining portions movable into engagement With the pawls for disengaging the pawls from the shoulders and movable into engagement with the rocker arm for urging the rocker arm to operate upon said opposite end portion of the movable memengaging the catch from engagement with 25 one of the lugs adjacent the catch.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JEROME DE HAES. 

